Burroak Knives

Hand Made By Mark Nevling

Mission Statement

We strive to bring you a combination of form and
function in our products along with beauty and aesthetics in a knife
that will be a pleasure to own, use , and pass down to future
generations

Company Profile

Mark Nevling was born in Boston Massachusetts and was
raised on a land near there that was granted to his ancestors for
survices to the nation during the Revolutionary War. Marks teenage
years were spent in the Chicago area. Eventually he found his way to a
small town in downstate Illinois, called Hume. Mark made his first
knife in 1987 and from then on knew that knife making was his passion
and has devoted his life to perfecting his trade. Blacksmithing is
found in both his mother's and his father's family lines and so
continues a long family tradition reaching back generations.

Full time knife making has allowed Mark to maintain an
important roll in his local community as a volunteer firefighter and a
certified first responder. Working out of his local shop in Hume allows
him to respond to almost forty medical and fire emergencies a year
with the rest of the Hume Fire Protection District.

Mark has been married for 15 years to Affeelea Nevling
who is a registered nurse and talented glass bead maker. Mark and Affee
have a son, a daughter , and three lovely grandchildren

Mark has recently moved their residence and shop to Owosso, Michigan

Mark is also an apprentice Damascus smith under George
Werth who has been outspoken proponent of cleanliness and quality in
Damascas forging for decades.